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nl sei II - trree-qua-ters y al hour latc.
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beneath ihe fort ead a fuse ruaning through
a powtes trough vas bcrning slowly toward
t8e fatal spot The lony fuse had been
spliced and might burn uaevenly- delay
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At % Gen. Msaaes message AS repeated,
aad A. IS one came still more urgent stat
nsg that zen Graat was waiting 20 know II
the mine could no. - exploded Ia order 20
deternins other projects os assault Follow
lng that. ~itsin Minute, came an order
from Gsn Grant % make Al assault regard-
isss n the mine Gen 4escs Pus II II this
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.-rhe commanding general directs. i your
mine has failei. tAat you make assauit e.
once"
A group of tho rulners huddledat the mouth
of the shaft. AID with them Reese, the first 20
Yu- spade % he work ard the last % come
out after the magazines were filed and Ere
put % filsS Tho mine was now his-his II ir
saOuld fail hts 70 be ridiculed, % be by
word and a gazing stock FAIR ft had
I fai.od Daylight ~ss upon us; The enemy
was srotsing. hrs men, under arms, were
, walking about Across the hines only 100 rods
away
INTO rHE HORRIBLE PIT
Reesc drew his soldiers clasp dirk, and,
I turning 20 a fellow. said.
II am gong into the mine. nit don't blow
| up give ne tine - reach tho last splice, and
tssn YOU come TO me With fresh fuse and
twinsr
lie goes ints Ehs tunnel with resolute eau
/ tson. following I'd the telitale streak os
I black ashes THAI show that the fuse is burn
I inx it, way toward that train of flashing
/ powder which opens 20 tho sulphur chambers
beyond Ary second the fire may reach
therc and set The whole mine afame, letting
the trtle world overhead down into this hor
i iAptt PIT ~ A@Ltb- la0A ah-ttA "a AAitts tAt
brave miner SEES the unchanged fase it may
have a IRE spark or not: one fire spark hid
den in that powder cord is enough 20 set the
train abszs and engulf ham in tongues oi
flame, giving him a tomb beyond the r-sch OF
/ usn.
What toy % elements IS n human crea
ture in such monlsntsl Reese knows this.
man who handles powder cannot for one in
slant loss the keen consciousness OF It's quick
and terrible power when the connecting fash
i struck. He knows all. yet presses on
reaches f.r ahead. and with = blow OF hi
sazrp blade sewers the cord, danger for thai
moment Is over
The delay of burning had been caused by a
splice in the cord where il had been WOUND
~ tightly that the fire couldu not eat through
freely Re made n new. short fuse for quics
work. relit the flashing string and escapec
70 the mouth Of the tunnel just ss the maga
zIs., exploded. its chambers carrying every
thing up With &c and spreading mas d
ruins where the armament og Lee had stoos
grim and threatening ia the morning light
monen. before. George l. Kilmer ia New
York Mail and Express.